Agricultural implement



Jan. 13, 1931. o. WENDT 1,788,606

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT Filed Nov. 15. 192a 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 13, 1931, o. WENDT AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT File Nov. 1 1928 2, Sheets-Sheet 2 Petentedjan. 13, 1931 3., ;U 1 DYS A TE pmrownnnniorsrtinnn, Tmrlisfl 1 'ii'omcumonnn firemen 1 1 I Applieatioii' ti led November: 15, 1522s,

' Thisinvention relates to new andjlseful improvements in an agricultural impleinentr One object of the invention is to providev I anovel'typ'e'of plows, adapted to he connected to a tractor andembodying a share and means through which the share maybe guided and its depth regulated.

Another objectof the invention is toaprov v vide an implement of the character described id'iwhich is of very simple construction and 'which'may be cheaply produced, easily oper atedand whichiis very eflicient for thepun' pose intended; v a

' With the above and other objects in View '15 the invention hasparticular relation to cer tain' novel features ofconstruction, operation and arrangementfof parts, an example of which 'is given in 7 this specification and" I in the accompanying drawings illustrated Figure 1 shows aside elevation of the inipl'ement,

Figure 2 shows a ifragmentary, fsectional View takenon the line 2 2 'ofFigure 1, and

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""Referring now more particularly to the drawings, whereinlike numerals of reference designatesimilarparts in each of the figures, the'nu'meralfl designates the 'beamwhich is forward end is formed with a hook 2 by means ofwhich the implement may be attached to the rear end ofa tractor. The rear end of thebe'am is of an'arcuate formation with its free end downwardly curved forming a stock 3' to which the share it is attached. Attached to and upstanding, from the stock there is a seat support 5011 which the seat 6 is mounted.

wheel 'is mounted to rotate. Theiinple ment has theground wheels 11,11; These wheels'are mounted-t0 rotate on the spindles 12, ofthe axle 13 said aXle being forwardly ofiset relative to said spindles and 'thebeam 17 and bythe diagonal brace'hars 18, 185 The" Figure-[3 shows a plan view partlyinsec- ,disposedsubstantially horizontally and whose" Attached to and located behind thestock there is a vertical bearing-member? in the" bearing of which there is the shank 8 dis-- posed to turn on a verticalaxis: Attachedto, 1 the lower end'of the shank are the rearwardly' extending arms 9, 9 between which the cas'tor 's rtjime ta.

1115 abreast-tree tearin n throug'liwhieh I said axle eXtendsJ Ther'e arethe'front and- I rear frame members 8 15,. 16 of an inverted U- shapedfi'ormfand the lower ends of whose arm si embrace and rigidly" secured to the 55'- front and rear ends respectively of said'beam-{ These frame melnbers faresecured togetherfat the'topby means of' lengthwise side bars17;.

side bars 17 are, rigidly securedto the correg sponding side armser the respective frame members and 16fand the diagonal bars 18 a'rerigi'dlysec ired at; their lower ehdsto the v lower ends of the side arms of the rear frame member 16,-and to'the upper ends of the side 65 arms'of the frame member 15, as shown; 7

There is aguide lever 19 on the-upper end J of thevfront ham-e- --member 15 which is mounted to swing on a vertical'axis by the linch pin-2Q. 'A'stay bar'21'is permanentlyi attached, at itsrear end, to the upper end of the rear framernember' 16-and at its forward I end hasa hearinglth'rough which the linch pin'20"w orks.if i

Pivoted to each areoiitv'vja'rdl'y turned forming the pedals 23 which serve as footrests for the operatoron I 7 theseat 6, The upper ends of the levers; 22

are extended above the side bars17 and. the 8C flexiblec'ables 24c connect opposite endsjof the guidelever19'withthe. upper ends of the re-. cspective controllevers 22. vU"standing' from each spindle 12, and having a caring on said 1 spindle, thereyis a'standard 25 and there are 85- the lift levers 26,26 whose lower ends have hearings 27,27 on the axle 18; These, lift levers have a pivotal connection with the upperends of the corresponding standards 25,]

andflare ektendednpwardly and their u per-9t ends are ,pivotally connected to the rear'ends of the corresponding rack bars 28. -"lhe'rear' ends; of, these rack bars are' in'wardly turned,

as shown'in-Figure 3 andtheir forward ends are pi'vot'ally connected to the "upper ends" of the respective links 29, 29, c 1 I :Fastened tojeach rack bar 28 there is an arc-V .uate rack30 and a manual: lever 31 is pivot ally connected to each rack bar 28 and is pro 'videdwith the usual manua-lly'operable dog:

" j j 1,788,606? 11 f a side tar-517 h re is an if trol lever-2'2. -,;:The lower ends of these levers l erection- 82 adapted to engage the correspondingrack 30. f The lower end of each lever 31 is extended beneath the corresponding bar 28 and links 33 are pivotally connected at the forward endsto each-end of the guide lever 19, said links being also pivotally connected to the lower ends of. the corresponding. links. 29. and levers 31,. p

Whenit is desired to regulate the depth of the share 4 the levers 31 may be pulled'rear In order. to do wardly by the operator. the dogs 32 must be released from the racks 30, in the'conventional manner. When said levers '31 are pulled rearwardly they will operate to carry the corresponding rack bars 28' rearwardly and downwardly thus swinging; the lift levers 26 about their, pivotal connections. with the upper ends of. the standards and the axle 13 will thus be 'swungupwardly;

The forwardend ofithe beam 1 belngattached. to'a stationary anchor'this upwardmovement ofthe beam 1 willlnecessarily result in the elevation of the share 4. The dogs32 may then be reengaged-.-witl1. the racks and the share heldat this point of elevation. Similarly the share maybe lowered by movingthe manual levers3l forwardly.

It should be-here' stated that. the axle i3 is.-

formed-of two-sections,-the inner ends of these respective sections fittingiinto the bearing 14' and'being; independently rotatable: therein.

In case it'be desiredto direct the point of the share laterally one of. the pedals 23. may be forced forwardly and the other simultaneous.- ly' released while the dogs 32 are in engagev ment with their respective racks 30.

This movement of said pedal will operate to swing the guide lever 19 about its. pivot and.

this movement will be effective to operate, through the. connections described between said guide lever. and the axle sections, to tilt the axle and. the framework diagonally-and.

the share thus directed laterally in either di-- thereinand equivalents. substituted for the parts shown and I hereby reserve therightto.

make such mechanical changes. and substitutions as may be found desirable within the scope of the principle of the invention. .What I claim is: Y r

1-. Animplement of the character described including a beam whose rear. end terminates in a downwardly turned. stock, a. share attached to said stock, a front and rear upstanding frame member secured to said beam, means anchoring said frame-members. together, an. axle working in a bearlngi carrled by the beam, sa d axle being divided to pernnt. independent vertical movement of the wheels relative to each other and to the frame members, off-set spindles at the ends of the axle, ground wheels onsaid spindles, a transhave shown. what I now consider. to be the preferred form of the invention, it. is obvious that mechanical changes may be made .versely disposed guide lever pivotally mounted on the front frame member, means connected to the respective ends of said lever and to said axle through which the axle may be swung about the axis of said spindles to move said beam vertically.

2. An implement of the character described including' a beam; whose rear end terminates in a downwardly turned stock, a share attached to said stock, a front and rear upstanding frame member secured tosaid beam, means anchoring said frame members together,-a divided axle working in a bearing carried by the beam, offset spindles at the ends of the axle, ground wheels on said spindles,- a transversely disposed guide. lever pivotally mountedlon the. front. frame. member, means-connected to the respective ends oflsaid lever'and to said axle through which. the axlermay be=swung about the. axis-ofsaid spindles to move said beam vertically, and means for manually operating said. axle swinging means. I

3.. 'An implement of the character dc;-

scribed including a beam whose. rear end ter minates in a downwardly turned stock, a, share attached to said stock,.a front and. rear upstanding frame member secured to said beam, means anchoring said. frame members together, a sectional axle workingin. a bear.-.

. a depending stock carried by the beam, a

share. attached to. said. stock, upstanding, connectedframemembers attached to said beam, a. sectional axle workingin saidflbearing. and having transversely -aligned. offset spindles, ground wheels on said, spindles, means con.- nected to they axle and. to the framework through. which the axle may be swung about. the axis. of said spindles andthebeamthereby elevatedor. loweredindependently of each other and of' the frame members. i

5. implement of. the character. described including a beam having a bearing,

a depending stock carried by the beam, a

share attached to said stock, upstanding frame membersattached to-said beam, a divided axle working in said bearing and, having transversely aligned offset spindles, ground wheels on said spindles, means connected to the axle and'to the frame members through which the axle'maybe swung about the axis of-said spindles and the beam there.-

' against independent movement.

by elevated or lowered, manually'loperable. means through which. said axle moving,

means mayv be actuated andreleasable means forg'locking said. manually operable means 6. 'Annmplement of the character; de-j scribed including a beam'having-a bearing, a

depending stock attached thereto, a-sharecar fried 'by-tthe stock, upstanding 'frame-mem-' bers attached to the beam, a dividedaxle working-in saidbearingand having trans.-

.versely aligned oflset; spindles, ground'wheels on the spindles, a transverse uide lever piv 1 otallymounted on one of the rame members,

operative means on each side of the frame members connecting the axle with the corresponding "end ofisald lever, and means through which said lever may beswung about its'axis and said operativeme'ans'thereby ac-I tuated to. efiect the movementyof said axle.

7. An implement of the character described including a beam havingla' bearing, I

a depending stock attached thereto, a share carried by the stock, upstanding frame members attached to the beam, an axle working in said bearing and, having transversely aligned offset spindle's,ground wheels onthe spindles," atransverse guide lever pivotally mountedfon one ofthe frame members, operbearing and whose otherwends have trans-V versely aligned offset spindles, ground wheels a r on said spindles, a transverseguide lever'pivotallymounted on the implement, axle opera.

ing means on each side of the framework and ative means on'each side of the frame memr bers connecting theaxle with the correspond: ing end of'saidrlever, and means through, i which said lever'may zbe swung about its axis and said'operative means thereby actu- I ated to effect the movement of said axle',said

axle being formed of sections whose adjacent ends work in said beam bearinga 8.'An implement ofvthe character described 'includingzja beamhaving a bearing,

a depending stock-attached to said beam, a

share'carried by said stock, an axle formed ofsections having adj aclent ends in said connectingthe respective ends of said lever 

